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What’s new? Efforts to resolve the long-running dispute between Kosovo and Serbia over the former’s independence have foundered. EU-led talks brokered agreement on technical issues but have struggled to address core political questions. Washington’s mid-2020 mediation effort fell apart when Kosovo’s president had to step away because of war crimes charges. Why does it matter? The dispute freezes Kosovo out of the UN and many other international bodies, ensures that both countries are barred from EU membership, leaves minority communities at risk and constitutes an impediment to regional security. Resolving the dispute would be a boon for stability in the Western Balkans and Europe. ....
Begin Receives Nobel Peace Prize Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin embraces Egypt s President Anwar Sadat in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 17, 1978. (Bettmann/Getty Images) Advertisement The 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded here today to Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was represented at the ceremony by former Parliament Speaker Said Marai. Both men, Begin in his address, and Sadat in his message read out by Marai, pledged themselves in the Israeli Premier’s words, to: “no more war, no more blood and no more enmity.” Both men also paid tribute to President Carter for his role in the current peace process and for his “energy and devotion to peace.” The Nobel Peace committee also mentioned at length in its citation the role played by the American President during and after the Camp David negotiations. ....